Should It Be Illegal to Indoctrinate Kids with Religion? Comments

John-Otto Liljenstolpe

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 07:56:37 +0000

An amusing little essay. One wonders if the author has studied the historical attempts of our world's officially atheist governments to legally suppress religion. Indeed can anyone name a society that operates in modern times sans ideology. And then of course there are those scientific deviants such as the quantum physicists and biologists who based upon the data available assert that consciousness is involved in the production and evolution of those events we call matter. Some knowledgeable parents might let slip to their impressionable eight year olds that that human consciousness is not just an epiphenomenon so that what a person thinks and decides really does matter. And of course all social media would have to be carefully policies as all kinds of ideas and concepts are offered there to impressionable young minds, especially those young minds whose questions about the nature of reality are met with the order to wait until they're older to be given answers to all such questions.

Chiefy

Sun, 10 Feb 2019 19:32:47 +0000

How about we teach religion the way we teach about Santa Claus? As the child starts to understand make-believe, they are introduced to different belief systems. Mythology can be a useful way of organizing our perceptions, as long as we realize that it is made up.

Beir Bua

Sun, 10 Feb 2019 15:24:56 +0000

Their are different types of religion. The cult of Transhumanism is similar in many ways to Wahhabism or Zionism. Not an ounce of Spirit or respect for Ancestral History of Humanity

Brien Doyle

Sun, 10 Feb 2019 02:16:57 +0000

The Bible is One, Single, Solitary book - and that is the total extent of your evidence to prove your god??? http://bibviz.com/?fbclid=IwAR1lE2rjyNb0eTJvW7xLO... ----------- ---------------******* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173... Religious delusions are common and are considered to be particularly difficult to treat. ------ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/c... ''...exposure to religious ideas has a powerful impact on children's differentiation between reality and fiction, not just for religious stories but also for fantastical stories.'' Keep the Lies about gods away from children!

Brien Doyle

Sun, 10 Feb 2019 02:14:31 +0000

Is the indoctrination truth? Is it verifiable? Why are lies being taught to children as 'truth'?

Nathan

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 06:27:55 +0000

"If you take “God” and “religion” out of all these happenings, you would likely find that they would not have happened at all. Instead, what you’d probably find is peaceful people and communities dedicated to preserving and improving life through reason, science, and technology—which is the essence of transhumanism and the outcome of evolution."

Yes! Just like the atheistic utopias of the former Soviet Union, China, and North Korea, where these enlightened peoples threw off iron age peasant beliefs and now live in perfect harmony with each other, leading the world in charity and scientific advancement. If the golden era of of the twentieth century and the rise of atheism has taught us anything, it's that only religion leads to the deaths of hundreds of millions of people, and the only way forward is for those backwater religious zealots to realize how right we are and do what we tell them to. Or else.

O__

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:47:48 +0000

This is dictatorship. Indoctrinating people that a single worldview is valid and all others should be banned. For most people of the earth, atheism is the lie and theism has conclusive proof. Also, many of the greatest atrocities were done by atheists, or simply by power hungry people. Like the tens of millions killed in the conquests of the Mongols, or by Stalin's regime or by Mao Zedong's policies.

GoodBadandUgly

Mon, 7 Jan 2019 03:44:14 +0000

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/c... ''...exposure to religious ideas has a powerful impact on children's differentiation between reality and fiction, not just for religious stories but also for fantastical stories.'' Keep the Lies about gods away from children!

Clint

Sun, 6 Jan 2019 20:43:50 +0000

Yes. 100%. We already know children do not have the life experience to make rational and logical choices. Brain washing and scaring a child in to Submission is 100% child abuse. Religion is a plague on humanity and is inherently self-serving and self-righteous.

A. singh

Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:58:14 +0000

No. it is 'brain washing' all religion should be studied as part of general knowledge studies. including early religions , human & animal sacrifice, divine ruler sydrome, witch hunts, wars, mind control, finance, evolution. the list is huge but then so is the subject

Brooke Burkett

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 04:31:27 +0000

I wish it was realistic to ban religion. How could you possibly enforce it though? Would children be taken away from religious nutter parents who actually love them and potentially put in foster homes with people who won't care about them? Perhaps the key would be strict adherence to "religion is dangerous bullshit" in all public schools and government offices. We have to stop saying "well, there are some people who believe xyz" and let kids think those people might be right. We must instead say "science is reality and people who believe xyz are wacko."

GoodBadandUgly

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 04:29:50 +0000

Have the gods been proven to exist?? NO! Therefore telling children that gods are true is a lie! That is Child Abuse!!

Bruce

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:15:30 +0000

If mankind had the mental fortitude to grasp and cope with an indifferent and Godless universe they wouldn't have invented religion in the first place. If people are comforted by these beliefs and feel genuinely compelled to help their children because they believe in these things, then who are we to tell them not to? I think role modelling your own strength in letting go of religion would be of more benefit. It's quite ridiculous to think you could ban religion. If 911 was caused only by religion you might have an argument...but even then how do you suppose we would ban this?

Helen Pritchard

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 17:13:26 +0000

Instead of teaching religion, how about teaching our children to be kind, moral human beings. If you look at the rhetoric and actions of the "god fearing evangelicals" they are on a greased, 45 degree angled path to hell (if you believe in hell)

Louise

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 01:13:07 +0000

Some people commenting here are obviously the kinds of revisionists who changed the lyrics of John Lennon’s “Imagine” from, “... and no religion, too”, to “... and one religion, too”. RRWNJs.

Dawn W.

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 15:21:12 +0000

So, are we to isolate children under 16 from all human contact until they become "of age"? Because, regardless of what religion (or none at all) you follow, it is ingrained into your life. It determines every choice, every thought, every course of action in your life. It determines your values, your ethics, your morals, your goals, your ambitions. It determines how you view nature, science, and the world around you. It determines how you interact with other people. It determines your family structure. It determines what you teach your children (or even if you have children). Religion is not just something people do for an hour a week (or however often they go to church/temple/meeting/whatever). Religion is a way of life. Why is it only considered "indoctrination" if it is a religion contrary to one's own?

Joel S. Copeland

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 01:10:53 +0000

Ah, we're supposed to believe that only that state can indoctrinate our children without abusing them. I own title to the Golden Gate Bridge and all the toll booths leading up to it, a huge money-maker! I'm ready to retire and wish to sell it. Message me for details....

Veronica Hamel

Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:58:12 +0000

This really is a pretty dumb article. While man himself cannot detect much in his surroundings, man has invented and built instruments and machines that can detect practically all of the the electromagnetic spectrum and as such we have studied it in great detail. We have also realized and studied the quantum world and understand it to a large extent. AS such today, and really only with in the last 50-60 years have we been able to make the realization of the actual nature of existence itself. Please do not confuse consciousness with existence, they are completely independent from each other. The nature of existence, quantum fields of energy shows us that gods are present within these fields and therefore do not exist. Some day this will be common knowledge and god belief will be exposed as the rot it is.

Mollie

Sat, 4 Aug 2018 17:50:46 +0000

Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a Child in the way he should go, & when he is old he will not depart from it.

RedRightHand

Sun, 8 Apr 2018 11:44:23 +0000

There would not be religion if it was not for the fear put in children through parental and pastoral indoctrination. Not only should the indoctrination of children be illegal it should be classed as child abuse. There will be those who say, we teach nothing fearful to children, well I am not so sure every child bible I have ever seen describes heaven and hell, that alone was enough for my entire childhood hell. Nothing to do with morality either it is usually about not believing, not going to church, no masturbation, disagreeing with elders etc. It should not stop there either, it should be against the law to sell any religious texts to under 18's and against the law to bring it out of your chosen four walls, be it church or home. Religion is dying, unfortunately it is not dying fast enough but hopefully with current affairs and the religious showing their true colours, it will die a little faster!